 |
 |
|
April 23 is chosen as the World
Book Day by UNESCO General Conference in 1995 to encourage
reading and publishing, and to promote the protection of intellectual
property. April 23 is chosen because this is a special day
in the literature arena. William Shakespeare, the great poet,
died on 23 April 1616. In addition, many famous authors such
as Maurice Duron, K. Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla
and Manuel Mejia Vallejo were born or died on this day.
 To
celebrate the World Book Day, various activities are organized
in different countries and places. Take a look at the following:
|
 |
|
|
| |
The United Kingdom
World
Book Day
Date: 6 March 2003
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
The United States
Children's
Book Week
Date: 17 - 23 November 2003
Theme: Free to Read |
| |
 |
Plays, Visit to the auditorium
or study hall |
|
Poetry Festival |
|
Story Writing Contest |
|
Arts and Crafts Projects
(Design bookmarks, banner etc.) |
|
Book Sharing |
|
Check out the History of
Children's
Book Week! |
|
| |
|
| |
World Book and
Copyright Day in Australia, Canada, Cuba, Finland, Germany,
Greece, Italy, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Puerto
Rico, Spain, Sweden
Date: 23 April 2003 |
| |
|
Spain |
| |
Numerous book fairs and
street festivals are held and customers are offered
a rose with every book they buy. A comic book
will be published for this occasion in order to
raise awareness about copyright among students
and young people. |
| |
|
|
Mozambique |
| |
15 paintings by local artists
will be sold at a charity auction to raise funds
for youth rehabilitation projects through books
and sports. Participants also will be invited
to donate new and used books to a stock of five
mini-libraries. |
| |
|
|
Sweden |
| |
The association of publishers
is donating 35,000 books to schools, which will
be delivered free of charge by post on April 23. |
| |
|
|
Cuba |
| |
UNESCO Regional Office
for Culture will inaugurate a UNESCO Cultural
Library at the Palacio del Segundo Cabo. |
| |
|
|
Africa
and the Asia-Pacific region |
| |
UNESCO is backing regional
co-publication programmes with an emphasis on
books for children, women and those who have only
recently acquired reading skills. |
| |
|
| |
MoreˇK |
|
|
|
 |
|
